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Authors: Rafael Jaimes et al Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(70) Background Epidural lipomatosis (EL) is an increase of adipose tissue, normally occurring in the epidural space, sufficient to distort the thecal sac and compress neural elements. There is a lack of knowledge of risk factors, impact on patient’s symptoms, and its possible association with epidural steroid injections. […]
Read MorePublished in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(78) Authors: Serdar Demirgan et al Background Hypothermia has been used in cardiac surgery for many years for neuroprotection. Mild hypothermia (MH) [body temperature (BT) kept at 32–35°C] has been shown to reduce both mortality and poor neurological outcome in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study investigated whether patients who were expected […]
Read MoreBy Frederick L. Greene, MD Editor’s note: Dr. Greene, clinical professor of surgery, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, wrote the following commentary for General Surgery News. He does not agree with the notion that anesthesiologists should assume a perioperative managerial role. A fascinating trend in medicine that has developed during the past […]
Read MoreFor a surgeon’s view, see “The ‘Perioperativists‘ Are Coming!” by Frederick L. Greene, MD. Most anesthesiologists believe they should be in charge of key decisions in the operating room (OR) regarding resource and personnel allocation, despite a lack of training in these areas, according to a recent survey. Researchers asked attendees at the 68th New […]
Read MoreEight-Year Results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Published in Spine. 2015;40(2):63-76. Authors: Jon D. Lurie, MD, MS et al Study Design. Randomized trial with a concurrent observational cohort study. Objective. To compare 8-year outcomes of surgery with nonoperative care for symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis. Summary of Background Data. Surgery for spinal stenosis has been shown to […]
Read MoreThis is for our pain practice providers. Published in Spine. 2015;40(2):77-85. Authors: Greger Lønne, MD et al Study Design Prospective randomized controlled multicenter study. Objective To compare the effect of X-Stop with minimally invasive decompression (MID) in patients with neurogenic intermittent claudication due to lumbar spinal stenosis. Summary of Background Data Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication […]
Read MoreIt is important for those in the anesthesiology community to work together to improve infection control practices and to prevent the occurrence of infections linked to the practice of anesthesiology. That was the message from a session (“Infection Control Issues Impacting Anesthesia Practice: What’s the Evidence?”) held at the recent New York State Society of […]
Read MoreInjection of local anesthetic into part of the trigeminal nerve under fluoroscopic guidance is being used to treat migraine and other headaches. A new study showed that numbing the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) with the aid of fluoroscopy improved headache pain by about a third, said lead researcher Kenneth Mandato, MD, assistant professor, Interventional Radiology, Albany […]
Read MoreNurses in the operating room will soon be able to access best practices with a simple tap on a tablet, using new technology to replace what has been for many an inefficient system of monitoring guidelines with paper and pencil. “You can imagine what it would be like to monitor 12, 15 cases a day, […]
Read MoreI thought this was very interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. By Karen Sibert, MD American anesthesiology reached a significant milestone last year, though many of us probably missed it at the time. In February, 2014, the number of nurse anesthetists in the United States for the first time exceeded the […]
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